Google and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into law on Tuesday.

All apps available through major app stores — such as Apple's App Store and Google Play — will require age verification for users in Texas. This ranges from social media platforms and games to utility ...

Apple has announced that its App Store has stopped over $9 billion in likely scam transactions in the past five years. In ...

The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft ...

Apple on Tuesday disclosed that the company has prevented more than $9 billion in fraudulent transactions over the past five ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott today signed into law the App Store Accountability Act, which will require Apple and Google to ...

The Lone Star State is the second to pass a law putting the responsibility of age verification on app stores, following ...

Texas Senate Bill 2420 would require app stores to verify ages and get parental consent for users under 18 to download apps ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an online child safety bill that requires Apple and Google to ensure that their app ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has urged Texas Governor to veto online child safety bill, citing privacy concerns over mandatory age ...

Specifically, only a fifth of iPhone users have claimed they are "extremely likely" to buy outside of the App Store, and others would need to see a price cut of 35%.